Zaytinya opened in July 2022 inside the new Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manhattan's NoMad district, housed within a tower designed by Rafael Viñoly.Zaytinya's interior features a screen of two-toned blue discs behind the bar.Located on the ground floor, the all-day restaurant occupies a 3,000-square-foot (280-square-metre) wedge at the corner of the hotel, facing onto 28th Street and Broadway.

The interiors by New York-based Rockwell Group were designed to echo the menu created by chef José Andrés, which combines mezze-style dishes influenced by Turkish, Greek, Lebanese and Italian cuisines.This Eastern Mediterranean flavour is echoed across the light and neutral space, which benefits from high ceilings and full-height glass along two walls.

Entering from Broadway, diners are greeted by a custom mural painted in blues that recalls vistas of the Aegean sea.The same cobalt colour can be found on leather banquette seats and the patterned fabrics used for their backs, as well as in the ombre linen curtains that gently blend to white from the bottom upward.

Blue Lavastone forms the bar counter, while the surrounding floor tiles feature an abstract motif of olives and leaves.The remainder of the flooring is wood, laid in chevron patterns in rows divided by lines of blue tiles that follow beams installed across the ceiling.Curved and arched elements were introduced to subtly divide the dining areas, and as a nod to ancient architecture.